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Texas Cheerleaders Get Court Order Allowing Bible Verses on Banners

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Sam Favate

Sep 25, 2012 11:22 am ET

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Cheerleaders at a Texas middle school have gotten a reprieve. After being told they were no longer allowed to use Bible verses on banners at football games, a judge granted a temporary restraining order against the school district that had banned the practice, according to the Huffington Post.

On Thursday, a Hardin County, Texas, judge ordered the Kountze Independent School District to cease and desist from prohibiting cheerleaders from displaying large banners with Bible verses at sporting events, at least until a hearing on the matter next week.

Kountze is a small town, with a population of about 2,100. The Freedom from Religion Foundation sent a letter to the superintendent of schools about the verses, who issued a ban on the practice. . .